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>> i would like to talk to pete for second. can you call pete now? ♪
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>> bill wants to chat with you real quick. >> hey, how are you doing? good stuff. two things. you should know we are on c-span live. it won't affect how you look. anyway, it's good. we appreciate that. second, i've got candidates calling him. i don't know if you have a better line than pete wehner. it wasn't an election. it was a restraining order. no kidding. you want to talk a little bit of
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a compromise? there's a lot of bad stuff being said. okay, okay. first i will start with your reaction to the press conference. all right? okay, thanks very much. already. >> okay, we're ready to rock 'n roll. ♪ ♪ >> the sun is rising over america. bill bennett's "morning in america." let's get rolling.
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atlantic deep pacific, north to south, across the globe from its bill bennett's "morning in america" live from the bulova studio, here's bill. >> i'm always happy to hear that, the chiffons, one fine day. but, you know, what bothers me, you have to relive from the beginning so we have to make room for the voiceover. it's a radio requirement because there are not that many bbox in the song. to more doo-wop is added. >> we wanted the timing. >> i know. the demand of the technology. good morning, everybody. november 4, it is a fine day, still a fine day, still reacting to the selection. we are joined by pete wehner, senior fellow at the ethics public policy center. did you know this?
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i want to tell my audience this, i'm sure you did, i didn't know it, but, you know, a lot of things i don't know. house democrats lack many things that money wasn't one of them. two-thirds of the house seats of republicans picked up democrat candidate had more money behind them than republicans. >> caller: yeah, if you take labor and outside groups and so forth, democrats act we spent significantly more than republicans this year in the midterms and got a lot less results for it. >> host: the union was the biggest contributor. >> caller: that's not unusual. >> host: you made some predictions about what would happen with the election, the president's press conference yesterday train to the predictions, i was high on. three house seats that looks like it will be somewhat between around -- what's interesting, i nudged up a bit. i was on record on fox say 65,
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those gallup numbers with the likely voters generic. pushed me up. but look, this was an unbelievable election for the democrats at obama, unlike anything we have seen in our lifetime. you think about it, more house seats than any election since the '30s, governorships, state legislatures, since the '20s. this was a huge review of obama and his agenda, and a terrific day for -- tranny it was a repudiation of policy. >> caller: it was. it was a repudiation of his policies. >> host: let me interrupt because i said that twice on the air. if unemployment is at 4%, this doesn't happen. >> caller: of course but that
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assumes his policy is nothing to do with unemployment. if inflation, if it was at 2% instead of 18% from jimmy carter and employment of 1% he probably would've done well also. you can completely remove a president and his policies. it's deeper than that. it's not something the economy is doing poorly. it's how people perceive the president is dealing with it, what's that rejected for that, so they have confidence in how the president is dealing with it. i wouldn't deny that a bad economy is going to hurt an incumbent party. there was much more going on with it than that. and the polling indicates. i think one in 12 people in a new times poll said they hold obama responsible for the economy. but what worries them i think is his spending and higher taxes and the whole issues. >> host: one questioner suggested they said he doesn't
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get a. does he did? know thyself, says socrates. does he did? >> caller: no. he gets and not at all. in fact, i was struck at his prescott adjusted the amount of self-delusion. i think what's happened is the matters almost supernatural vanity with a whole series of events. he has to track and he can't deny the events, and he can't free himself of his vanity so as to try to square those two things. and how does he do it? he blames it on communication problems, the american people aren't really sophisticated enough to understand, smart enough to understand how wise his policies are. in his campaign he hinted there was racism, bigotry. but watching him yesterday i thought sort of pathetic, and i thought i'm really watching a man who was less a presence than an ideologue.
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a guy that won't let evidence and events include in his reality. >> host: interesting column by dan balz. did you read about any chance? >> caller: no, i did not. >> host: just on the point you made. obama has suffered a few setbacks in his life with the exception of his loss was first race for congress but he has always arrived ahead of schedule. from community organized illinois state senator to u.s. senator to president. what happened tuesday represents the biggest and broadest review key as ever received. >> caller: that is very smart and good reporter. it will be really fascinating to see how he and the party deals with the. he doesn't make the necessary adjustments, he's going to pay a price for him or his party will. arms. i think he's on probation with
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his party now. that's understandable. >> host: where does he get challenged? >> caller: could be both that it could be someone like russ feingold who would challenge him on the war, which i think will become an increasingly difficult issue politically for him in terms -- congress is much more liberal, their caucus is more liberal than it was three days ago. moderates got knocked out. >> host: would you say in fairness that obama and the democrats are to the left of the american people, but congress, the republicans are to the right? >> caller: i think that's reasonable. >> host: it doesn't sound like a happy next. >> caller: no, it doesn't. i think republicans are much more into with what the public wants. that really was reflected on tuesday. >> host: yeah. modesty or all in, compromise or no compromise, the willingness
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on principle, the compromise which is okay. we get a hypothetical this morning, change it if you appear we had tevi troy on and talk about health care. let's get rid accomplish asia, start over. president said no, we not going to do that. so when she do that he says our, you want to get rid of the 1099 reporting, the 600 bucks, okay, we will do that. some of our listeners i think or say no, don't do it. don't make it just a little better. and that makes the case for later. what do you think? >> caller: its hypothetical. there was a question like that getting down to what they are willing to give up. i absolutely agree with you. i would push things for repeal. i have a piece in your times.com today.
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the argument i make is the republican party should be opposition party and not a governing party. to take your hypothetical, look, if you have elements of his that were really problematic, you have them removed, i would take it with a caveat that we still think this is a horrible piece of legislation but we will make it better. and if and when we have a president will come back and completely repeal this. i don't think that in improving a terrible piece of legislation, and passing on that as sort of a tactical political move is the right thing to do. i think you can take what you get while still sustaining your arguments. no one is saying you have to embrace obamacare. >> host: you can do both. you take a principled stand and say we want to repeal this whole thing.
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once you get slapped down on this, say we tried to repeal the whole thing to remind the voters of that, and then you try to make it better. >> caller: i think so that i think so also it more responsible. you know, it's not a situation where you have to say that obamacare is the best piece of social legislation on half-inch or i didn't like that. there's a seriousness to governing, too. it's not just sitting on the sideline. criticizing. if you can make pernicious legislation last pernicious, then do it. >> host: know, i think absolutely. anything else we should know, anything else we should know real quick? >> caller: i think that 50 democratic incumbents were defeated. only two house republican the defeated. john spratt, ike skelton, jim oberstar, reminds us of the 1980s. it really was a remarkable night for republicans, and a
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devastating one for obama and his party. >> host: pete wehner, thanks very much. keep the ink in that pen as we say, i will. >> host: keep firing away. >> i made debate this time. i'm not talking. iran over. last two times, i'm giving you 14 seconds back. one fine day. ♪ ♪ >> that's good, that's good? >> nice. >> very good. >> i will say it on air, but if you can have it individually, the folks safe we will do our
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best, we know it's only thursday but we've got these candidates going in. are you getting the audio now? i don't want to pressure you but it wouldn't hurt -- in fact, the results. race by race, what the numbers are, can you give me that? good. each of these guys have been on the show. i guess that's for no rain. if they can be patient just tell them i have candidates, winning candidates going at it got to take them. did you notice they are all irish?
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what's your problem? >> do you just want to they beat and by how much? >> yeah. wisconsin six, whatever the district number, the opposition and margin. all i need is yes its me, and i'm in love again. >> did he say he would call back? >> who? >> mick mulvaney.
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>> i'd like you to do your stories again. i think he should give those again. very funny. >> do you want to print it out or put it in the box? >> box is fine. >> bill bennett "morning in america," good morning. >> here is, the south carolina five.
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>> this is fun. >> once it gets going. the victory lap. ♪ ♪ >> and i'm saving all my love just for you. and one fats domino, raw liberal hawk a thing. great day. we asked the candidates to call in. >> we've got a winner. >> we've got a winner here. >> we've got a winner. in south carolina. mick mulvaney. a, mick. congressman. >> caller: thank you. >> host: congratulations, it's
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been a rugged 24 hours. i caught the flu. >> host: you are very good to call. we enjoy talking to you during the campaign. this was a big one. you took out a committee chairman, john spratt, chairman of budget call lack by 10 points to much, much bigger than i think anyone ever imagined. >> host: so we put paul ryan right in there, don't you like that? >> caller: i called paul and congratulated him. >> host: congratulate yourself. that's really terrific. we will never talking to the campaign when did you have a sense this would happen, or did you ever have a sense? >> caller: we have been tied since march with the second health care vote, but we could never really create any distance. and really the first poll had us up by anything other than the margin of error was that the hill.com poll about two weeks ago. turn to be right on the money,
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10 points. all of our internal polling has two, three points all the time. it was a nail biter, no question. >> host: people are curious, what happens now. what do you do? do you come in for a briefing, what happens? >> caller: we started some tele- briefings started last night. as we start to prepare for the transition. we will go to d.c. for a week next week for orientation. my family is not moving. i will be commuting. i will be flying up on tuesday and back on friday. >> host: where does your family live? >> caller: south carolina about 45 minutes from the charlotte, north carolina, airport. >> host: i can give you the charlotte flights from memory. i will see you on those flights. big stuff for south carolina.
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>> caller: tim scott, tremendous day for our congressional delegation but i don't know if you come if those guys that a chance to talk. i have worked with him and with geoff duncan solid, solid conservative. we are kind of excited. >> host: good governor. >> caller: statewide republican sweep as a matter of fact. we won the secretary of education, superintendent of education for the first time in a long time. >> host: who is that? can i work with him, her? >> caller: love to have you get in touch with them. he used to run a college. sharp, sharp guided. >> host: any help i can be on the education stuff. i know the issues that we have two minutes, mick. i know you are probably tired from doing this but israel. what's the top priority? >> caller: i just turned off the television after talking about what a lame duck session will do with the tax cuts.
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i think tax cuts, repealing obamacare, and, of course, you and i are not as easy. it's just trying to get funded or limited. those are my three priorities for the first half of the year. >> host: it is just terrific. i can't tell you how pleased we are, how proud we are, how excited we are, it's going to be tough. it will be tough. i think we've got a congress now that is pretty much conservative congress. probably more conservative. we have a senate and the president that his way to the left of the american people. there's going to be some good collisions. but this happens in america. this is corrective action. >> caller: i agree. >> host: thanks so much for calling. >> caller: thanks for all you did during the campaign that i look forward to talking with you. >> host: i look forward to meeting you in person. this is one of the things, a lot
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of democrats do that, but i think a lot of conservative republicans will stay rooted in the community. guys will commute. some will be on that charlotte flight. i can give them that u.s. schedule, i know. no one knows it better than i do. this is "morning in america." we will be back with another candidate. folks, we will try to get to the calls as best we can. i know it's called in thursday but you do want to hear from these guys, don't you? newt gingrich is here later. and here is and one -- antoine. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> baby, don't let your dog bite
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me. >> i love how he says we have orientation. i have images of them being led around. set up your own little booth. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]
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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> okay, here we go. ♪ ♪ >> is blue thursday. antoine "fats" domino. folks, those of you living in
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taxes, are watching this one on c-span2, and we are live simulcast on c-span2, coming to dallas on november 16 for america's crossroads. the alliance defense fund. there will be a limited number of vip and general tickets for the general public. go to bill bennett.com now and click on the banner at the top of the page. we have invited the candidates to call us and another winning candidate is on right now. sean duffy. congress, elected congress from wisconsin. good morning. >> caller: good morning, mr. secretary. >> host: congratulations to you. congratulations. >> caller: thank you so much. the days of your shining a little brighter than they have over the course of the past 41 years. >> host: we know wisconsin has always been a great state but i
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refer to it yesterday as the new taxes. it's pretty red. >> caller: it is absolutely red. we had a great day. we want our senate shee seat. we picked up two house seats. which was absolutely outstanding. >> host: you a very interesting race. i was glad to be out there for that many event. i hope you did it -- a tiny bit of good. i didn't meet your wife and i look forward to that. >> caller: she is the far better half, no doubt. i knew when you came out, i said this thing is wrapped up. it was a wonderful event. we had great feedback. i was honored. >> host: and a pleasure to be there. your seed, remind the audience, was a seat held by david obey. he stepped down. you stepped out and then julie
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-- and you won what, nine points, eight points? >> caller: eight points. but this is a seat that was held by congressman obie for 41 years. and i got in about 10 months before he even announced that he was going to get out. i did, you know what? i don't believe the votes he is taken, the legislation is proposing is consistent with the values of central and northern wisconsin, or america. he wrote the stimulus bill. he was one of so many people who said i am sick of it, i'm going to make a difference. when most people said you can't do it, it's impossible, we got involved and we were lucky, we got a great cycle, but also it was hard work. >> host: you bit it off when it looked like it was a hard chew. you had a great campaign, attract a lot of attention. tell me your plan. what is your plan? we just heard a little bit from
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mick mulvaney in south carolina. he told us about what's happening, teleconference and you guys are coming for orientation and all that. what's the plan? can you give us a sense of priorities? we hope we know with you on the budget and so forth. >> caller: absolutely. i had six children, mr. secretary, and i'm going to take into disneyland. >> host: super bowl, joe montana. >> caller: we are going to go. we are. 15 months ago i said when this is over, we will go to disneyland. i will take them in a couple of weeks, get out of here and go. this debt is crushing. we're going to bar $1.3 trillion this year. last year 1.4 trillion. >> we've got to get our hands around the debt, and we will balance the budget in a year? no. but we got it going in the right direction. we will balance the two, four years down the road hopefully. we have an economic crisis on our hands, have to to get our
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spending under control. i want to go to work on that. our new chair of budget, congressman ryan. >> host: i have heard of him. these guys made a bet here. i was on cnn on tuesday night. claud jennings are made a bet with his wife. he said 45 seconds, then it will match and -- idea. a great guy, as you know. comic i wouldn't be as far along as i am. he help me out right away. he led credibility to us here. and outstanding i and the congressman. the guy with real ideas to get the country back on track. >> host: is very impressive. say a word about the tax cut, the bush tax cuts, you guys will move on this i imagine pretty quick. >> caller: we don't want to raise taxes on anyone on january 1 that the bottom line
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is even cbo says we will lose 1.2 million jobs if we raise taxes on our job creators that it doesn't make sense, especially in a recessionary time. so hopefully it will happen before we get there, but if not, hopefully we can get it on track. >> host: we will let you go. your very kind to call, in addition to everything else, taking six kids to disneyland, which is work. but god bless you and congratulations to you. we look forward to seeing you. and remember, remember the cool because people get it wrong all the time. if you'll allow me, people say power corrupts, absolute corrupts. power tends to corrupt, it doesn't have to. i know some people are very the power of power because it says it absolutely always crops. it doesn't. i know men and women here who having been here are better for it. they are better for having been in power. >> caller: and you are one of them. i look at what happened in this
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country, if i can make one more point, we have talked about our ideas and now have to go and implement the things we talked about over the course of this campaign or this party will get thrown out of power again. so we have to go and deliver and do what we said. >> host: you will and other for choosing you. and i you. and i look forward for the american people learning about you and seeing just what we have brought here. it's very exciting time. and again, my congratulations, my best to you and the family. i will see you. >> caller: thank you very much. god bless. >> host: we will climb a tree together transient no doubt. >> host: he was on espn, he was -- [inaudible] >> just won a make sure he can keep up with that while he is
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here. >> liberal montgomery county, maryland. with is a congressman sean duffy, watching. is a world champion. what do you call him? >> not tree hugging. there's a difference. >> that's the distinction. very good. very funny. anyway, god bless him. he won, joe montana, right? he's going to disney world. he said he was going to disneyland. it's closer than disney world. [inaudible] >> joe montana went to disney world. do you just assume i'm wrong? i want to take some calls because we're being stingy on calls.
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let's go to martha in winchester. high, martha. martha? see, she thinks were being stingy on call so she decided -- >> she hung up on us. speckling once, going twice. she's going to come back and say you had me and i wasn't there. bob in tallahassee. >> caller: greetings. you've been talking about compromise. that's a buzzword since last tuesday night. the republicans won, you know, part of the congress and part of the situation. all right, fine. now, there is no longer a super majority of congress, right? >> host: no longer a super majority of democrats. no longer a majority. >> caller: and yesterday the president said he was willing to work. however, over the last two years, how often did he actually sit down and talk with any other
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republicans with regards to a lot of situations, a lot of times they claim they were locked out of a lot of things. and the attitude was, you know, two years ago when they won the super majority, it was like we won, you guys can ride the back of the bus as your one caller said previously, which was correct. now, okay, he no longer has the power. he is forced into in regards to having as he says, compromised. so what's his definition of compromise? in a way it's like going, he has lost as much control as he has, and this is a chicago politics in reverse, you know, without him having to compromise as many people think, or as he is willing. you know, his gesture of compromise is appearing to talk and listen to the opposition, period, it into. and he did agree with him he will claim that it's a success. >> host: so what you're saying is he is willing to compromise
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as long as it's on his terms that i think i take issue a look at, but maybe i miss her too. he lost a super majority, he hasn't lost all the power. consider this. there are three branches of government. this had nothing to do with the judiciary except confirms and other less of a hold of the democrats innocent. but essentially did not affect judiciary. by the way, some states like iowa did is where they took out the justices who had voted in favor of same-sex marriage. that's an interesting phenomenon. but this election basically does not affect the federal branch known as judiciary. didn't affect the executive branch. still the same president. the third branch is congress. congress has two parts. the house and senate. senate is the democrat. we control one-sixth of the government. so he didn't use that much power. he lost a big election, and it's a real down in the stomach.
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and he is hamstrung by a republican congress. but he hasn't lost all his power. >> caller: i agree with you on that because, you know, but prior to this election he had the ability to just bully his way through things. example, health care bill. 85% of the people were satisfied with what they had. 50% of the people did not have insurance for various reasons. it's a made of them. some people chose not to, some are unavailable to get it, whatever. why ruin the system for the 15%. if you wanted to do that, and it's likely to stay in the marine corps, good attention is bad had work. >> host: but here's another asymmetrical aspect, bob, i'm going to have to let you go. one, we are passionate he is severely limited in trying to do a whole lot of new things
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because he has to do with republican majority in the house. but our job is much harder. we're trying to undo what's already been undone. we are trying to undo law that has been passed the health care law, would have you think of it is a law. we're trying to undo it. that's harder. we don't have all the chips. i heard you make this yesterday, a lot of this republicans need to stand for the right thing. but they won't be able to get done what we really want to get done. not until after 2012. ♪ ♪ >> hey, john? can you hang on with us for a little? we have no guest until eight but then it might be a little bit of weight. >> tried to get to him. >> okay. great. will try to get you in, okay?
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thanks, john. >> a good guy? >> yes. >> i want to do the book. i we going to do anything else? any other reads? let me check this. i think he said it would be fi fine. politico. what's of this? did you get this politico? i'll forward it to you.
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>> i'm reading it right now. >> just tell me what it says. can make to the state legislators as well?
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>> here's what it is. they're going after demand for backing tea party candidates who lost. >> who is? [inaudible] [inaudible conversations]
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>> what's the name of that? [inaudible] >> all right. it is the second edition, great book for thanksgiving, christmas, graduation, everything. you want to know what happened today, november 4 in american history. we have a lead story and we have other business. this is the outside of the revolutionary war, america had no naval, colonies kept our investment but because the government had no fighting ships. congress launch a small continental navy to purchase and equip eight ships of war. on november 4, 1775, 235 years ago, it acquired a swift three massive merchant man called the black prince and ordered the vessel be converted to a warship with 30 can't. it was soon rechristened. it's pretty good.
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it tells the story. george washington of course was one step ahead of congress. sometimes president already had of congress. -- are ahead of congress. he realized the need for a naval force. he charted the arms schooner and on september 2, 1775, ordered the sea in search of british cargo. it became the first of 11 known as washington navy. anyway, some historians regard this as the first ship of the american navy. so what happened on november 4? you're going to like some of this and you are going to not like some of his. okay, america. grover cleveland narrowly wins. nelly was the first woman elected governor in wyoming. 1924. in 1939, in detroit packard motor car company exhibits the
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first air-conditioning for a car. 1979, remember this, tehran, iranian militants seized the u.s. embassy and 66 american hostages. jimmy carter's defeat, which happened on this day in 1980, ronald reagan defeated jimmy carter to become the 40th u.s. president. and in 2008, november 4, barack obama of illinois becomes the first african-american to be elected. take a look. you tell me. i think i've got to go to colorado, don't i? rifle. rival, john. >> caller: hi. >> host: how you doing? >> caller: great. >> host: is great, isn't it? comic i wanted to add to
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something you just talking about. one of the interesting things about the american sailing vessel was that they were actually built differently than the british were. british couldn't figure it out because the american sailing, the hulls were stronger but we were just faster. we could duke it out with and when they try to run we did catch up with an. >> host: what's a guy from rival colorado doing knowing so much about the water? >> caller: i was just so much interested in sailboat and assorted digging into it. and i ran across this piece of trivia and i thought you'd be interested in knowing that. >> host: i know. i love that historical tribute. thank you. >> caller: i have a thought. it seems to me that there's a difference between compromise and horsetrading. and it occurs to me that if our
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new secretary of, let's see, our new -- >> host: speaker? >> caller: yes, speaker of the house. got on the old tv and said, you know, mr. president, elections mean things, and we won. so here's the deal, we've got an agenda, we want to accomplish some things that i'm sure you want to a published something. so here it is. and lay it out, get the ducks in a row with all his numbers and make sure that everybody, everybody is on the same page and one to go for this stuff. >> host: get something done. >> caller: do some horsetrading. >> host: you're a colorful guy with an interesting use of language. your thing is, you know, we can cover might as long as we call it horse trading. but compromise is about wayward and horsetrading is like a western work.
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>> caller: yes, it is. >> host: okay. so you're interested in horsetrading. >> caller: any horsetrading, nobody compromise their principles. one guy wants money and the other guy wants a good horse. >> host: i've got you, i've got you. thanks much, john. thank you very much. feeling good after. we will be back. is that it? is that the our? newt gingrich will give us his perspective. we will be back. ♪ ♪ an >> that's what i was laughing. >> because he said trade.
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>> okay, and what did you want to talk about? >> let's meet for a minute, claude. >> okay. okay. >> [inaudible] >> sure. hang, hang on one second. yeah, i'll get that. good morning, america. good morning, sir, how you doing? great. thanks for joining us. we have a little bit of extra commercial break at the top of the hour today, so we'll be with
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you in about four minutes, if you don't mind holding. all right, great. and just to let you know, we are simulcast on c-span today, too, live. thank you, sir. >> is that the speaker? >> yeah. >> that's fine. let's -- [inaudible] so we have the last segment, let's do your two stories again last. >> okay. >> what else? >> squeeze the, can we squeeze another ata in this? >> think? [inaudible conversations] >> we should at least do another mention where you can hold it up. >> all right.
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[inaudible conversations] >> all right, good. yeah, all right. >> hey, renee. we -- [inaudible] i've got to put your information back up. remind you what you were calling about? is okay, and how's that? ♪ >> uh-huh. oh, okay. so you're afraid they're foipg to go -- going to go back to the same things they did before. >> hey, claude? claude?
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♪ >> oh, okay. okay, i see your point. okay. ♪ >> i need to talk to you. need to talk to you. >> okay. okay. okay. hang on, renee, all right? no, sure. sure. the only problem is -- no, the -- okay.
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no, we understand. the only problem is we just have a jam-packed show today, so that's all. all right. wow. some not so happy callers today. >> what's she not happy about? >> that she's holding this long. she's an angry progress i. -- progressive. can i say that on air? >> >> she is what she is. >> i don't think you want to -- you don't want to do it. >> i don't have time. >> i know. >> is that line 2? >> 4. 2's upset too. >> what's she upset, same thing? >> you haven't had any women callers on today, that's what she said. [laughter] >> gosh, doesn't this show have more women -- >> seven guests and -- yeah. >> this is a women-friendly
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show, ridiculous. coach ken may be last segment, i may get to him if mel vaipny leaves early. >> all right, you mean if -- [inaudible] leaf leaves early? >> yeah, that's what i meant. >> hey, coach? hey, we've got newt coming up, we might have to wait until the next segment to get to you, but i can let you know. [inaudible] closer to 8 for you. hang on, and i'll let you know in a couple minutes, okay? good morning, america? no problem. we're going live right now. ♪ >> the sun's rising over america. bill bennett's morning in
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america. let's get rolling. call 866-680-6464. atlantic to pacific, north to south, across the globe it's bill bennett's "morning in america." live from the studio, here's bill. >> we are live at 7 minutes past the hour. good morning, it's november 4th. we're also being simulcast on c-span2. here's the former -- not speaker -- the former speaker of the house, still a leader of the conservative movement in america and speaks for many americans, newt gingrich. good morning, newt. >> good morning, bill. it's a remarkable week. >> it surely is. put it in the per peck is isive -- perspective. you were there the last elephant romp, compare this one to that one? >> guest: i think this is, first of all, bigger. if you look at the size of the victories, i think we picked up
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18 chambers to zero of the democrats at the legislative level, a lot of very key governorships, and in a funny way kind of built on the virginia and new jersey victories, the massachusetts special election victory almost exactly the way '94 did, but then the wave got bigger. i think a little bit masked by the senate results, but people need to remember there were a lot more republican seats this year. when the seating cycle began, people thought republicans would be very lucky to get out of it with 40 or 41 seats, so the fact that we've gained strength all through the cycle in 2012 when you have 21 democrats and ten republicans up, there's a very high likelihood the republicans will finish the job and take the senate, and i think we're making progress on every front. >> host: yeah. let's talk about what to do. one of the -- i approach this at the philosophical level, you can do it there too because you do
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that stuff but also at the practical political level. people say compromise, don't compromise, help is here. the example we were using was this 1099 reporting in the health care. you know, if you can get rid of that, get rid of that. even if you can't get rid of the whole health care bill. if you can get rid of it, get rid of it -- >> caller: well, i don't think it's either/or. >> host: right. go for both. >> caller: you set a direction you want to go in, and you take everything he gives you and come back for more, and reagan used to say if you can get 80% in this negotiation, come back next time and get another 80%, at some point you've gotten 100%. i say, fine, this if they deal with the 1099 step, that would be a way in the right direction. they have an absolute obligation to hold hearings on obamacare for about six to eight weeks and
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then pass total repeal to the senate. put pressure on the democrats who are up in 2012, do they really want to reject the wishes of their constituents? as bill mcintyre pointed out, 45% of the people who voted were motivated by their response to obamacare. >> host: what was that number? >> caller: 45%. >> host: do you think you can get those senators? do you think you can get enough senators? >> caller: i think if you're starting a petition drive in every state where senators are up for re-election in '12, and there are literally hundreds of thousands of people that would have signed the petition by, say the end of march, it gets pretty expensive in a place like montana, virginia, nebraska just to take three examples, florida, you know, i think you have some people that would be thinking, do i want to go along with the
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people who elect me? >> >> host: you don't need that many, right? this i'm just thinking manchin who said, you know, you needed dramatic changes in this. one thing some other democrat senators who came real close yesterday -- iraq? i think there's a move to recognize the bill's flawed, and the key ought to be to say this is too complicated to take it apart. 2600 bad pages, buried in there maybe 10% good ideas. we can go back and repass those. but pass them as free-standing bills out in the opening only following john boehner's pledge to have everything for at least three days so people can read it. do it the right way, but i think to start with you owe the american people an appeal. probably from the standpoint of the economy, more important, the fir thing the house -- first thing the house republicans should do is pass a no tax increase on any american during the recession bill out of ways
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and means. the second week they ought to pass it out of the house. they ought to put pressure to get it down the white house to fight the recession. and then the person gets to choose, does he wants to wage class warfare in the middle of a recession, or does he want to help the american people get back to work and get us out of the longest, deepest period of unemployment since the great depression? >> host: yeah. that's the first order of business. >> caller: absolutely. and if they're working hard enough, they should be able to get it to him before the state of the union so the country will know who's going to come to speak at the state of the union, someone who's going to help the american people or a leftist who's going to use words to hide the fact that he's not changing. >> host: does that bill pass the senate? >> caller: i think it does. >> host: i do too. >> caller: given 9.6% unemployment and reports we're not getting back to full employment until 2015 or 2016, i
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think people in every state are going to be putting pressure on the senate to do something. and a number of senators that actually started moving towards agreeing with the republicans, that no tax increase on anyone is the safest strategy if you want to create jobs rather than engage in class warfare. >> host: right. there's been so much, i think i counted 20 times the other night on cnn people talked about, well, what's going to happen? there's going to be loggerheads and the government's going to shut down again. would you comment on this, put this in perspective? >> caller: sure. well, first of all, i think from a his to historic standpoint, te government shutdown worked. we became the first reelected republicans since 1928, we got a balanced budget for four straight years, we kept spending down to 2.9% a year which was the lowest rate since calvin coolidge in the 1920s, the first tax cuts in 16 years, and we reformed welfare and two out
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of three people went back to work. i think we ought to say, first of all, sometimes negotiations get tough. the question is at that point, is it the republicans' duty to cave in and do what the president wants or should they have the faith that the country, in fact, will side with the people elected this november? now, i don't think republicans should pick a fight, but i think they should firmly and calmly say this is who we are, this is what we were elected to do. we'll cooperate with the president to get -- i think boehner's statements yesterday were perfect when he said, you know, we're here to listen to the american people and implement the will of the people, not the republican party. this was the largest one-party swing since 1932 in the house. >> host: yeah. >> caller: and i think that bears some real merit to think that maybe the american people spoke on tuesday. >> host: don't you think as well with the benefit of you being the man who was there that it's possible -- i don't even think
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this is a question -- bill clinton listened better than this president? didn't bill clinton kind of get the message that this president -- >> caller: but it took him six months. >> host: not right away, right. >> caller: this president's got to sop and say -- stop and say what does this election tell us about our performance, about what our limits are for the next two years, and what does it tell us about re-election? they're going to have all three of these conversations. it involved fundamentally changing staffs in clinton's case, it involved bringing in dick morris who was deeply at odds with all the liberals. >> host: sure. >> caller: you know, and whether or not obama is going to go down a road of that scale of change, i have no idea. but that's the president's prerogative. he won the election in 2008, he is the president of the united states. he's got to decide how he wants to deal with what has to be for him a very sobering and unpleasant reality. >> host: and he hasn't had a lot of those in his political
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career. i just wonder if this is a guy who's capable of that kind of deep self-doubt. >> caller: well, i have no doubt. he's about to go to india and spending i saw one estimate $200 million a day of our tax money on this trip. you know, that kind of spectacle is not the kind of thing that leads you to contemplate and think that you've lost. that leads you to think that you can rise above it and somehow get enough staff to tell you they love you, you're going to be fine no matter what happens. >> host: yeah, king of the world. we've got 30 seconds, what are your plans? >> caller: well, we're actually launching a new book next tuesday called valley forge which is a second novel about george washington, and i'm out talking about the founding fathers and the american revolution, and then we'll see what we do next year. >> host: newt, always a pleasure. thank you very much. stay close, we appreciate it. newt gingrich, former speaker of the house, one of the real deep
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thinkers of this movement. benefit of perspective and some cautionary tales there to repeat. we'll be back. candidate, now congressman pat meehan will join us, and we'll get to calls. ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> well, no. there's no -- i'm not going to listen to that kind of silliness. >> no. i know. >> on that line. you've got to clear some of them. >> hey, good morning, sir, and congratulations.
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we will be, we're on commercial break right now, but we'll be with you in just a couple minutes. all right, thanks again, sir. >> did you give me my numbers on him and me -- meehan? >> getting them right now. >> she can clear out. several of 'em. >> everything good? >> yeah. >> [inaudible] >> yeah, i think we're fine. you're going to have to open up a line, you know, if you want in. >> sure. >> what are you eating? >> [inaudible] >> no, no, no, i don't want -- >> maureen brought 'em in. [inaudible] you can't have one. >> no, i can't. [laughter]
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♪ ♪ >> we're going to clear one. hey, glenn? hey, man. you've been a saint for hanging
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on this long, but we are just jam packed out the rest of the show, and we don't want you to hang on forever. can you maybe give us a call back monday or tuesday and let us know you were hanging on, and we'll get you back in the front of the line? oh. i'm, i'm -- okay. i'm sorry, bud, we just have a jam packed show today. we've got guests for the rest of the show. i will definitely pass your question on, but anytime you can give us a call back, just let us know you were hanging on, and we'll get you right to the front of the line, okay? >> we can't right now, man, because we've got pat meehan and nick ackiers coming up. i can pass it on for ya. sorry about that. >> i'll go to line 2.
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>> no, go ahead. you can give it to me. >> she says fine. say no? well, then, we've got to open it up. ♪ i think, i think they may be having a party in pennsylvania 7. we talked to candidate pat meehan sometime back,s he is now congressman pat meehan, congressman-elect, pennsylvania 7. good morning, pat. >> caller: good morning, bill. thanks for giving me a chance to be on with you again. hey, bill, let me just say thank you for all our colleagues to be. you gave us the opportunity to
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talk about not just the issues in our own backyards, but you saw remarkable consistency across the country as each of us were talking to the voters, and i think it was reflected in the results that came across on election night. >> host: you're entirely welcome, but you guys did all the hard work. it was just our pleasure to talk to you and have that conversation, but congratulations. pretty big win, 55-43, huh? is. >> caller: yeah. >> host: what does that tell you? >> caller: and this is a tough suburb, you know? this is the kind of place where barack obama won big. >> host: yeah. >> caller: joe sestak, of course, is the congressman in this district, and he was running for the senate, so this was his home turf. so it was a nice win in that tough environment. >> host: that's right. i gotta know just because the people are curious, when did you know on tuesday that you wan? >> caller: well, you know, bill, we started to see results in some of the, in some of the areas that were, actually, you know, rather the main line. and we began to see that we were
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going to get good, good, good numbers out of there. so we sort of knew early that they with respect making their -- weren't making where they needed to be. >> host: yeah, yeah. so how late were you up tuesday night? >> caller: well, i stayed up late because i sat with my wife, and we had a quiet glass of wine and sort of reflected on the last year. we knew the results by about 9:45, 10:00. i received a gracious call from my opponent conceding, so we were able to have it wrapped up for the 11:00 news. i stayed and circulated, thanked an awful lot of supporters who were there who really were the ground troops. i mean, unprecedented the amount of people involved in these campaigns. >> host: yes, sir. >> caller: never having been in campaigns before, and it was just so invigorating. you'd go in the office, you'd see the enthusiasm, and it made you get out there and work harder. >> host: great. top priority? top two, three? is. >> caller: well, we've got to get america back to work.
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>> host: sure. >> caller: that was the message that was sent loud and clear, and people are also also worried about this long-term debt, that's another very, very important issue. and, you know, the job-killing regulations and taxes. i think the way we know we create jobs historically is in the private sector, and i talked to the small business people who are just scared about what was coming out of washington. hopefully, it creates an environment now where there's more certainty. people will not be afraid to take risks again, and we can get america back to work. >> host: well, that is terrific. when do you come to town? this. >> caller: we'll come the 14th as a class, we'll first begin to meet, they'll give us the indoctrination in terms of how things are going to operate. [laughter] >> host: yeah. >> caller: you know, on the day-to-day, and we'll begin to meet as a class and begin to try to contribute to the shaping of the policy. >> host: it's a great class. we're thrilled, we're delighted, we're very proud and thank you so much for calling. >> host: thank you for havin
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me. look forward to shaking your hand. pat meehan. you know? this is great. we really appreciate -- i'm sorry, folks, for crowding you on these calls today because we did invite the people who won to call in, and it's just terrific. i don't have a lot of time but, gosh, here's another guy i promised. coach ken. ken, sorry, buddy, we're just squeezed today. you've got a minute. >> caller: bill, how are you? >> host: good. how are things in denton? >> caller: good. [laughter] >> caller: three quick things. he didn't take any responsibility yesterday in his talk. he said they made progress, but we have not seen it, talking about the public. he takes responsibility to push harder. well, that's not taking responsibility. he did expose something, he exposed his emergency strategy or philosophy. he said bigger government was an
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illusion. he said we had emergencies to deal with that the public didn't understand. you know, that's the geithner stuff that crisis is the opportunity to get things done that you normally can't. and then finally, you know, the big question is does he get it. no, he doesn't get it. >> host: don't think so. >> caller: we've got 9.6 unemployment, four million americans out of their homes, and he's going to take 3,000 people on a 10-day trip that costs $2 million a day. >> host: yep, yep. he doesn't get it. thanks, ken. we'll give you a waiver, man. call us next week, will you, please? thanks, coach ken. keep those horses going. and the ducks. we'll be back, it's "morning in america." ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> morning in america? is hey, john. can you call us next week?
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some we're jam packed full, we're running out the show with guests. sure, real quick. okay. great, great point. thanks. >> these have to be done tomorrow? >> [inaudible] >> okay. the other one can wait until next week. >> good morning in the america? >> gotta get some -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> you don't agree with irene, huh? [inaudible conversations]
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>> i better do 'em tomorrow or today. maybe i'll do it today. >> okay. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm in new york, phoenix, i'm back here, and i go to san diego. >> morning in america? hey, yeah. ♪ >> sure. can, can you do me a favor? can you call us monday or tuesday? we've got guests the rest of the show, and we're jam packed. >> what's he looking for? >> sure real quick, real quick. ♪ >> we'll do nick --
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>> okay. wow. i got it for ya. thanks. i just got a note, nick was stuck in traffic, he'll be there, but he might be a minute late. >> okay. >> morning in this america? is -- morning in america? hey, dave. can you give us a shout monday or tuesday, buddy? we're just jam packed going out of the end of the show. yeah. give us a shout monday, buddy. sure. okay. great point. great point, man. thanks, bud. >> you're absolutely sure? ♪ >> tell him we've got to do it
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quick. whatever we do, we've got to do it quick. >> hey. hey, we're coming back from break here. we've got a ton of calls. bill can get to you, you've just got to keep it quick, okay? this all right, thanks very much. and you want to talk about marco rubio? >> >> thanks for your patience. >> thank you so much for your patience, and we're sorry, we have a jam-packed show today. okay. thanks for listening. hang on, okay? thanks. >> i'll do it and then just, you know, get one more call in, it'd be good. because then we're loaded. okay. >> we'll have fun with it. >> yeah. [laughter] >> so he's going to be late? does he know i want to talk about state legislatures? is. >> when i e-mailed him, i said the new state makeups. i'll double check with him, but that's -- [inaudible] ♪ >> there's an interesting
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profile on him. 27 years old. >> i know. >> millions of dollars. >> i know. he's very good though. ♪ >> caller watching asks what claude is eating all the time. [laughter] a caller watching c-span asks what claude is eating all the time. >> you hear that? caller watching c-span2 asks what you're eating all the time. [laughter] >> cool, okay. >> and remaining slim which is the objection that many of us have. [laughter]
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he'll appear on, what, 5 or 6? is. >> yeah. >> okay. >> hey, claude, be ready to grab 5 or 6. >> okay. >> that'll be nick. >> okay. i got it. >> morning in america? >> say will you hold on a minute. >> hey, nick, thanks so much for getting with us. we're going live in 20 seconds. >> hold him a minute. >> afterward? is. >> no, just say i'll take a minute. >> he's fine with that. what are you going to do? is. >> just say wait a minute, i have to take a caller. >> we have to take a caller and then we'll be right with you, okay? all right thanks. ♪ >> host: rocking the jukebox. we're going to get to our friend nick ayerss, the distinguished directer --
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[inaudible] but i promised a call to joan from minnesota. thanks for your patience, dear. >> caller: thanks for having me on. >> host: sure. >> caller: i'm sorry, but i disagree with you. i love marco rubio, and i want him in the senate. i don't even want him thinking about vice president or president because we've already gone that route with one president. we have, i think marco's time will come. >> host: okay, okay. okay. okay. >> guest: not now. >> host: i'm being somewhat light-hearted, not fully serious. you've got to admit we have some talent now -- >> caller: oh, we do, we do. but, boy, we need him in the senate. >> host: he's not going anywhere for at least two years. >> caller: i know two years, but remember what happened with barack obama. he came in the, he was a flashing star, he had this, he had that, and he got out there, and he campaigned for two years. >> host: yeah, yeah, yeah. all right. >> caller: and i just don't want, i don't want the republican to go down that same
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slope. i mean, let's let the guy do what he can do in the senate and then we'll -- >> host: okay. all right. good caution. good caveat. thanks, joan. >> caller: all right, thank you. >> host: thanks very much, appreciate it. all right. let's go to, let's go to nick. nick ayers who is the executive directer of the republican governors' association. good morning, nick. >> caller: how dare you think a united states senator should go back in the white house when we've got all these governors. [laughter] >> host: well, you know, i am more of a governor guy. >> caller: haley always tells trent lott, senators talk about doing things and governors do things. >> host: that's right. you had a big day, tuesday. >> caller: we had a really big day. unfortunately, we've still got three of these races pending in
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minnesota, connecticut and illinois. but as the count stands, we've gone from 22 republican governors to 29 republican governors over the past few years. and the key is where we picked these races up or where we picked these states up. on tuesday we had ten states that are presidential swing states. we went in to tuesday only having republican governors in two of those states, we came out of tuesday with having republican governors in nine of those states. so the, so the map for barack obama's re-election campaign just got very, very difficult by us picking up place like florida, ohio, pennsylvania, iowa, michigan -- >> host: yeah. >> caller: it's just an incredible feat, what happened. and to the point about where leadership comes from, you know, we now have over 20 new republican governors that are going to be provide a bench of leadership for our party for a decade. so if your listeners like, you
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know, bobby jindal and haley basher and tim pawlenty and chris christie, they're going to love this new crop of talent that we were able to elect on tuesday night. >> host: i know. i want to come back to some of that tall element, nick, but first of all -- talent, nick, but first of all give us an insight. people forget about the governors in talking about the congress, and forget about state legislatures. i know that's not your job, but we had a big night for that, didn't we? >> caller: we did. we were proud of the investments we made in places like new england and the northwest, places that have been neglected by national parties for a long, long time, and we worked in partnership with ed gillespie's group, the republican state leadership committee. >> host: right. >> caller: i'm hearing that somewhere between 16 and 20 state legislatures flipped. we were proud to win the maine governor's race and thought that that was a big deal in the itself. and then when we talked to paula page yesterday and he said, yeah, i've got a majority
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control in the house of representatives, we couldn't believe it. >> host: yeah. >> caller: we're going to have a republican governor and house in maine. >> host: yeah. this, you know, one of the kind of semi-official words in the media and from democrats is this was an anti-ip -- incumbent election. one could make the point more sharply and accurately, correct? >> caller: yeah. it's hardly. we had six republican governors running for re-election and all six got reelected overwhelmingly. the democrats had seven running for re-election, we defeated two of 'em with one on the ropes in illinois. so it's hardly just, you know, it's the media wanting to chalk it up to say, well, it's an anti-incumbent year. hardly. this was an anti-tax, anti-spending and anti-deficit year. voters rewarded our republicans getting the job done with four more years in the office. the democrats, you know, whose
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fiscal policies were the same as the white house had a very difficult night on tuesday. >> host: give us a little inside baseball, because i am delighted to see the question generally is about the interaction of the new leadership on the hill with the governors. i'm delighted to see walking down the hall that great presence, that great figure of haley basher there walking, looking like i would look, like security -- [laughter] you know, my big night on cnn in my suit, the woman said, do you work here? can you get my bags? [laughter] i get this all the time. >> caller: he calls it plum by chic. >> host: i know exactly what he calls it because he stole it from me, it's bulky chic. you'll never have that problem, ayers. >> caller: i hear you. what haley remembers -- and it's
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why we're so fortunate to have him as our chairman -- he was chairman of the rnc the last time we gaped the majority in congress, and it was haley that said to doll and gingrich, hey, look, instead of us trying to create all these new policies out of washington, we've got all these smart governors like tommy thompson and bill wells and john engler, why don't we check with them and see what's working in their states, let them be the laboratories of our democracy, and when something starts working, let's steal their idea and do it for the country. and so that is how welfare reform, one of the greatest realignments of the social program in our lifetime, that's how welfare reform came about. because tommy thompson and john engler had been battling each other over who could do it better in michigan and wisconsin, and so they brokered a deal in haley's office in the mid '90s of taking that idea out of the midwest, bringing it to the country and forcing bill clinton to sign it.
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so it was not by accident that he and john boehner and mitch mcconnell a couple months ago started talking about if this year's as good as we hope it is, let's make sure there's not any disconnect between washington and the states. let's let all these new aboves do what they've campaign -- governors do what they've campaigned on doing, and when it works really well, let's have the partnership that we can do it for the country and force the president to sign it. it's the same thing that worked so well in the mid '90s. >> host: got it and we can expect some coordination between the house and governors, and that is on the health care issue, right? because this is a state and federal issue. >> caller: it is. and what the white house is going to find, most of their democratic candidates for governor -- not just the republican candidates for governor -- were campaigning on if be i get elected governor, i'm going to pose obamacare and work to stop it. you have the democratic candidate for governor in oregon
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who is a doctor, former two-term governor of oregon who ran and won campaigning on that obama didn't pass a health care bill, he passed an insurance reform pill. it's wad, the states can't -- bad, the states can't afford it. that's something that on a bipartisan basis these governors just agree that the states can't handle the cost. it didn't do anything to improve health care. it's going to reduce our access to it while raising the cost. and you're going to see them, i think, work together to -- with the leadership in the house to pose this bill, to repeal it, to block the funding and to come up with something that does actually improve health care in america. >> host: we're going to let you go, nick. i'll hope to see you in san diego, huh? >> caller: yeah. we're going to have a big celebration, but the celebration will be short-lived next week -- >> host: a lot of work. iraq? yeah. we've got to talk about how we can partner with congress to get this country back on track.
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>> host: let me ask you for help in a reading assignment for me and folks, listeners, our three and a half million people. differences between the governance differences between republican governors and democrat governors, the economics of it, where the growth is. is there a document you can refer us to that we can read? the kind of rick perry story across the board? >> caller: you know, bill, we're in the process of pulling that together for exact reasons because we want the guys in congress to understand where all these good ideas are coming from, so i think by the beginning of the year we will have a document published. right now we have something internally, but it wouldn't be accessible for your listeners. >> host: okay. >> caller: so by the beginning of the year, i'll come back on, and we'll talk about where they can get this. >> host: yeah. because we'll want to make three and a half million copies. these states, the ones that are governed well, people are staying in this, and the ones that are being governed badly by liberal democrats, people are leaving.
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it's amazing. >> caller: it is. >> host: thanks very much, nick. terrific job, sir. >> caller: thank you so much, bill. >> host: what am i calling a 24-year-old guy sir for? start calling you guys -- folks on c-span want to know what it is, you know, what you're doing. >> there was a comment about what was i eating. necessarily's fun-sized candy bars -- >> halloween candy. >> 30% less fat, mind you. >> i don't object to you eating them. i object to you eating tons of them and not showing. >> i do go through them pretty quickly. i don't have lots of self-control. the ice cream bars, the chocolate with the vanilla inside of them? i'll eat a box of 12 in almost two days. seriously, one after the other after the other after the other. >> we may have callers, we invite callers in the next segment, you want to tell your
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story about sierra? >> sure. we were driving home from her father's house, talking about going home and checking out cnn, getting some of the results. i say, okay, let's make a bet on the over/under is at 45 seconds when the first time bill will mention paul ryan's name. [laughter] and i bet under on that, and i won. >> that's very funny. he's going to mention paul ryan -- >> you give me that cnn cut. people think that's funny. >> oh, a funny line. it's a radio show. >> go ahead. >> to me here's who i want to see, and i know you're going to call me a sexist, and you can for this. it's okay. i want to narrow the focus down. i don't want this -- [inaudible] [laughter] i want james carville and bill bennett. and that covers the board. they're all really smart. >> hey, same to you!
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i love that, pardon the interruption. i think we should have a news show like that, pardon the interruption, you know? sit in a room and do all that. i proposed carville. he can do sports, he knows sports really well. >> actually, he's a frequent guest on the cornhusker show. >> not bad. you know what we talk about when we're not yelling at each other? >> we talk about schools and education in new orleans. so we could do that stuff. don't rock the jukebox. we'll be back, your calls! ♪ >> do you want to do the almanac one more time? is. >> uh, sure.
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[inaudible conversations] >> which one's that? is this new? >> [inaudible] ♪ >> good morning, america?
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>> oh, really observant. more than you know. >> okay. ♪ >> okay, great. can i get your first name? joy. thank you. where are you calling from? great. hang on, joy, thanks so much. ♪ >> calls? >> sure. ♪
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♪ >> can we clear 4 out? [inaudible] ♪ >> whatever. i'll go to joyce -- [inaudible]
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♪ >> yeah. >> [inaudible] >> okay. >> i'll call you back next year, bill, and we'll start talking about where do we go from here.
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so professional. ♪ >> live, from the bulova studios, it's "morning in america." >> is that train? [laughter] is that john legend? >> no. >> good guess though. >> close. ♪ >> bruno mars. >> bruno who? >> mars. >> [inaudible] >> they're all stage names. you don't think the guy's name was beegee, do you? >> [inaudible] >> it is? is. [laughter] >> says train. let's go to joyce in atlanta,
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good morning, joyce. >> caller: good morning, bill. how are you? >> host: just fine. how are you doing? >> caller: great. i'm very excited with the results. i just want to say that newt gingrich used to be my congressman, and i totally agree with him that we have to be very aggressive with the health care bill, repealing it. not just to start off with the amendment to ea -- aleafuate all the paperwork, but to be extremely aggressive about it because that is what the people voted for. >> host: got it. i agree. i agree. be aggressive, be strong, have convictions. get what you can. >> caller: yes. >> host: thanks, joyce. >> caller: okay, bill. bye. >> host: i also agree with newt that you've got a shot on this tax thing, that you get democrats voting in the senate for it, and i think you might get some democrats in the senate voting for radical reform or even repeal of health care. look at the kansas city hopper example in oregon, and there may
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be other examples like that. john is in ohio. hi, john. >> caller: hey, bill. >> host: is this john kasich? >> caller: are you kidding? one of my favorite people. >> host: congratulations on that one. man, the sweep in the state was huge. >> caller: yeah, yeah, really. so we're going to get our opportunity here. i notice with regard to harry reid america's house of lords has been preserved. you know, with talk yesterday of the usual post-election about bipartisan coming together and is on, i happened to catch the beginning of "good morning america" yesterday, and the first guest right off the bat was harry reid. and the first words out of his mouth were, "this is only the first round." >> host: yeah. >> caller: he said it with a snarlly look on his face. so -- >> host: yeah. that's not exactly coming halfway, is it? >> caller: no, no.
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>> host: no, i know. well, you know, what do they say, think low, act high? this you know? think low, act high. act on high principle, put your best foot forward but expect the worst from people who don't agree because that's what you're going to get. >> caller: that's exactly right. bill. >> host: thanks, john. >> caller: you're welcome. >> host: thanks for the call. jim is in san antonio. we've got time for one more call. go ahead, jim. >> caller: bill, i don't think our esteemed president's learned anything. i mean, he insinuated that he heard the people, and hen he went directly on with a non seq. by to have and said, you know, health care's not going to be repealed, so he didn't hear that people don't like it. >> host: that's for sure. he said, we're not relitigating it. [laughter] well, that's exactly what's going on, really, it's being litigated in the federal courts. >> caller: right. i never get a chance to use latin, so, you know, when i --
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>> host: that's terrific. say it again. [laughter] >> caller: no. i hated all four years of latin. latch. [laughter] even worse than philosophy. [inaudible] remember that? >> caller: no. if it's not a science word, i forgot everything. >> host: cicero. veritas. >> yes. pluribus unum. >> it's a good reason not to go into law, i mean -- >> host: yeah, or radio. thanks very much. we appreciate it, jim. let me just put this in perspective. we'll continue to have this debate. i want to just say again, i think that beth cooper's book, history of the great french stateman tallyman, and in the book he says, you know, the difference, one must understand the difference between the willingnd on principle to
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compromise and the willingness to compromise on principle. and nothing wrong with the first, but there is a problem with the second. and i think it's the guys and gals coming in -- if guys and gals coming in keep that distinction, it'll be a good thing. here's the last call, john in florida. >> caller: good morning, bill. i know you don't have much time, and thank you so much for nationalizing this election for us. by y'all opening up your lines, letting the candidates call in, you made us interested in what was going on all over the country rather than just in our own little neighborhood, and i think it had a great deal to do with the outcome of the election. >> host: well, i -- [laughter] thank you. i hope it had a little to do with it. it's a great call, that's very nice of you to say. all we tried to do was a phrase i learned, be the dial tone, you know? is be the means of communication.
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i'll tell you, a lot of candidates got a lot of support from this audience, john, people like you. thank you very much. >> caller: you're very well. pleads keep up the good work, really enjoy the program. >> host: thank you. we will be back, not tomorrow. rick santorum is in the chair tomorrow, correct? senator? ask him how his egg and politics breakfast went in new hampshire today, yeah. back with you monday, folks. i'm back in be new york and then i don't know, i'm everywhere. anyway, it's a busy time of year. i'll be joining those republican governors, that's going to be fun. see you on monday. ♪ >> yeah, that's fine.
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♪ >> and the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. we're going to go there live in just a moment. they're doing a pro forma session, that means no legislative work until the senates return from their fall recess, that's in a little more than a week. the senate's been meeting every
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three days during this break to prevent the president from making recess appointments. then we're going to follow that up with live coverage from a cq roll call group reviewing the 2010 midterm election results and what that might mean for congress and the obama administration. we're expecting to hear from several speakers, and that'll get started very short hi from -- shortly from the ronald reagan building in washington d.c. senate about to get under way, a quick check of the 435 u.s. house races, the republicans have won 239 and the democrat have won 186 according to the associated press. in the senate, 37 senate races this time around, republicans with 23 wins and the democrats with 12. live, now, to the floor of the united states senate.

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